The Catholic Church in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership...
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The Catholic Church in the Netherlands (Dutch: Rooms-katholiek kerkgenootschap in Nederland) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual...
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Prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) is legal and regulated. At least 500 foreign women...
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of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean:...
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The Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ɦɛrˈvɔr(ə)mdə ˈkɛr(ə)k], abbreviated NHK [ˌɛnɦaːˈkaː]) was the...
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of Catholics The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop...
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Caribbean Shaktism, also known as Kalimai Dharma or Madras Religion in Guyana, refers to the syncretic Shakti Kali/Mariamman worship that has evolved within...
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Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were a major part of the economy of the islands in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Most Caribbean islands were covered...
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Eustatius Church (Dutch: Sint Eustatius Kerk) is a parish of the Catholic Church in Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, the capital of the Caribbean island of...
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The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America...
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The Diocese of Breda (Latin: Dioecesis Bredana) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Breda, the Netherlands. Until 1801 this territory was...
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The Caribbean Conference of Churches is a regional ecumenical body with 33 member churches in 34 territories across the Dutch, English, French and Spanish...
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The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the pope. With 23 percent of the United States' population...
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Alto Vista Chapel (category Catholic Church in Aruba)
pieces of art in the Dutch Caribbean. An altar statue of Virgin Mary installed after the earlier one was vandalised has local devotees. The structure does...
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cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, papal electors Election Committee (disambiguation) Federal Convention (Germany), body that elects the President of...
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The history of the Caribbean reveals the region's significant role in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. In the modern...
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Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo (category Roman Catholic churches in Suriname)
adapted in 1826 from a Dutch Jewish theatre built in 1809. As the years passed, the church became too small for the growing number of Catholics in the city...
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Catholic Spaniards. In 1751, Curaçao's first Roman Catholic church was constructed. The Basilica of St. Anne was built by a Puerto-Rican clergyman in...
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what?". The Pillar. Proctor, Emily (22 January 2024). "Dutch bishops want to give blessings to same-sex couples". IamExpat. "Dutch Catholic church endorses...
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Saba (island) (redirect from Saba (Caribbean Sea))
(/ˈseɪbə/ SAY-bə, Dutch: [ˈsaːbaː] ) is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. It consists...
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Maarten[self-published source] on the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of St. Martin in the Lesser Antilles east of the Caribbean Sea or Sea The Antilles. It is a temple...
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Sint Maarten (redirect from Sint Maarten (Dutch part))
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North...
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with the Catholic church in the small town of Hell's Gate on the island of Saba, a dependent territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Lesser...
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Aruba (redirect from Education in Aruba)
referred to as the ABC islands. The Dutch Caribbean encompasses the ABC islands along with the other three substantial islands, the SSS islands. In contrast...
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and the other in 1829. The current church was built in 1948. Roman Catholicism in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Roman Catholic Diocese...
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Huguenots (redirect from Dutch Huguenot)
as refugees to the Dutch Cape Colony, the Dutch East Indies, various Caribbean colonies, and several of the Dutch and English colonies in North America...
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other Catholic devotional depictions in churches. In 1566, William the Silent, a Calvinist, started the Eighty Years' War to liberate all Dutch of whatever...
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French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben), is a subregion in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean....
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Sint Eustatius (redirect from List of cities in Sint Eustatius)
(/juːˈsteɪʃəs/ yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch: [sɪnt øːˈstaː(t)sijʏs] ), known locally as Statia (/ˈsteɪʃə/ STAY-shə), is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality...
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The Mary Star of the Sea Church (Dutch: Maria Sterre der Zee kerk) is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the town of Simpson Bay in...
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